How much would it cost to develop an Amazon Alexa Skill for Online Food delivery platform App like Skip the Dishes or UberEats?

What is Voice Skill? Need for Voice Skill (Voice to text) and what do we provide

With so much of innovation around us, finally the time is now where we can communicate with devices around us or devices we own- phones, computers, wearables, smart speakers, etc. Voice skill development technology has made this possible.

Voice skill is nothing but a smart voice user interface (VUI) that enables people to use voice input to control computers and devices. In short, it's what enables voice experiences like Alexa, Amazon's voice service and the brain behind millions of devices including the Amazon Echo.

At Let’s Nurture, we are helping businesses to make their existing applications voice compatible with precise and high performing Alexa Skill Development. We also develop Actions on Google while making fully responsive and compatible mobile applications for Homepod Apple’s Smart speaker.

The Need of Voice enabled Technology and Voice Skills Development

The most popular used case for voice command is to replace the effort of making a phone call to order food online. Everything is about becoming Smart and making the most of the cutting-edge technologies to enhance the user experience while minimizing the efforts to get quality services.

Imagine demanding your own Amazon Echo device using Alexa technology, Google Home or Apple Homepod (Smart Speaker) to get you your favourite dish from your favourite restaurant in your city. How good is that? Why would you have to search through the menu, order it manually or even call them if you already have voice assistants around you?

Market Stats on Voice enabled technology and Devices

Voice-First devices leveraging voice skill development technology is the Next Big Thing and it is proven by the following numbers.

50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020, per comScore

55% rise is predicted for households in USA to own Smart Speaker which was 13% in 2017.

There will be an estimated 21.4 million smart speakers in the US by 2020, per Activate.

1 in 4 shoppers used voice assistants in their holiday shopping during the 2017 season, per CTA which is set to grow.

72% of people who own voice-activated speakers say that their devices are used as part of their daily routines, per Google.

The number of millennials who use voice-enabled digital assistants will climb to 39.3% in 2019, per eMarketer.

Add-On Features for On demand Food Ordering/Delivery Mobile App

Following are the Add-on features which provide full fledged mobility solutions for food ordering and delivery business.

Alexa Skill Users	Features
End Users	Find nearby restaurants
	Current offers
	Search Menu from any particular restaurant
	Order a dish from particular restaurant
	Food items customizer
	Cart Details
	Checkout and Payment
	Coupon Codes
	Tracking information and ETA
Cost of Alexa Skill Development	CAD 35000 to CAD 39000

UberEats with Alexa Skill

It is just like saying “Alexa, order a dish”- dish can be your favourite name and the food arrives at your place in minutes. You can also integrate your mobile application with Amazon Alexa with specified Amazon Alexa skills development that defines your app features. It does not matter if the mobile application relates to any industry like food and beverage, travel & transport, entertainment or fitness; Alexa skills development will certainly bring the user experience to the next level.

Voice (Alexa) skill integration is the key to this. As the stats suggest upon what the future looks like for Voice enabled devices leveraging voice enabled technology, it is apparent that Alexa skill integration will enhance the customer experience like never before.

Think about getting knackered and want to order something using the Smart speakers you own. This would be the best way to order your favourite dish for your lazy self using Alexa skill integration leveraging Alexa technology. With Amazon’s voice-enabled devices, no one needs to browse through the phone and make few taps to order any dish to get delivered, it is only a matter of yelling few words to the speaker around you, just the way you’re telling a friend!

The cost of Alexa Skill development and integration into existing food ordering application will cost CAD 35000 to CAD 39000.

Resource Team Needed

Alexa skill development has been a forte of Let’s Nurture having developed number of diverse skills depending upon the business needs. Normally, any Alexa Skill development and integration with existing mobile application will require following resources:

1 Alexa Skill Developer
1 Project Manager
1 Content Proofreader
1 Quality Analyst

Technology Stack We use to develop

Sketch

Xcode

Android

AWS

Fabric iOS

Android Studio

FCM

Geo-fence

Google Analytics

Google API

MEAN Stack

Mantis BT

Sass

sendinblue

Google Webmasters

stripe

swift iOS

ZOHO

How Let’s Nurture can help with Alexa Skill Development and Integration?

Alexa app developers at Let’s Nurture exactly know how to add voice to your Big Idea. We are well stacked with bunch of expert Alexa skill developers who are always spot on empowering businesses with voice enabled application development.

Alexa Skills Kit (ASK): Alexa Skills Kit is an SDK that is having a predefined Skill sets which can be used to program any IoT device to Alexa. We have expertise in mobile app integration which helps your mobile application tying up Alexa Skills with mobile device command and display.

Design: Alexa skill developers at Let’s Nurture help you design a rich voice interaction to give app users the best possible voice first technology experience.

Building and Hosting in the Cloud:Our team of Alexa Skills development will help you in building and hosting custom developed Alexa skill(s) in the cloud. You just need to sit back and relax as far as Alexa skill development is at stake.

Launch: When Alexa Skill is ready and tested, we will help you in submitting it for certification and once it passes, it will be published in the Alexa Skills Store.

FAQs

How much time will it take to develop and deploy an app like this?

Based on our initial assessment, developing and deploying an app like this typically takes around 20-25 weeks.

How can I host my Alexa Skills for on demand food delivery app like Skipdishes or UberEats?

One needs to create AWS account through which you can host your skills on Amazon Store. We will certainly help you in expert consultation for Alexa skills and hosting them on Amazon Store after the live demos are given.

Do you have your own Alexa Skill Developers to build custom Alexa Skills for on demand food delivery app like Skipdishes or UberEats?

Let's Nurture is a leading Alexa Skill Development Company, providing unparalleled integration services to transform your business applications that your target audience will love having it. We have 10+ in-house Alexa Skill developers having experience in building custom Alexa skills. View portfolio on our own Alexa Skill developed for Moviepedia.

How can add value to my food ordering and delivery app project with Alexa Skills?

Voice first technology is now being considered as ‘The Future’ as the potential it holds to transform any business is no more a secret. Competition is present as ever and hence, to beat the competition, it is imperative that you should leverage innovative technologies and implement to your existing or a fresh mobile app development project to gain maximum benefits. Your target audience is always looking for something unique and Alexa Skills certainly enhances user experience and is a blessing for differently abled people as long as on demand food ordering is concerned.

Are there any prerequisites to integrate Alexa skills to my on demand food delivery app like Skipdishes or UberEats?

The prerequisites for any custom Alexa skill development project may differ from case-to-case basis.
A script that includes commands (dialogues) for the skill, particular hardware (if any) for studying it and further development process. A product which can be a combo of hardware and software with the account details for basic set up, Client AWS account - developer access (for migrating the skill to client's account).

Should Alexa skill development project booking require full payment in advance?

This is to be decided based on region specific industry best practices. Ideally, we recommend 50% advance and 50% escrow to be released after satisfactory level services verified by customer.

Can you provide option to hire dedicated Alexa skill developers for Alexa skill development project for on demand food delivery app like Skipdishes or UberEats?

Yes, we do provide flexible hiring models consisting highly skilled and certified resources (web developers, Android app developers, iOS developers) which are well versed in mobile app development projects for diverse industries using latest and cutting edge technologies.